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NASB | 1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 13:1 ¶ If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God's love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]. |
Subject: Why do I want to speak in tongues? |
Bible Note: flyman- do you understand why those who waited for the Messiah did not recognize Him when He came? Some very important reasons include that they had a legalistic approach to Scripture and they failed to understand it in context. In other words, the promised Messiah was clearly identified in their OT Scriptures but they were so engrossed in their legalistic, religious control that they were blind to the truth. You have an extremely legalistic approach and as a result fail to begin to understand the fullness of God's grace. Your primary reason for this is your unwillingness/inability to see Scritpure and understand it within the wider context of Scripture as a whole. This is not an insult, just an easily discernable fact based on the content of your posts. This is often the case for many who are unwilling to do the true and hard work of studying the Word of God (or simply don't know where to begin). Instead, they (and I fear you) pull verses and passages out and, through the primary use of their own reason, feelings, and unstudied opinion, conclude meaning based at best on poor logic that is either short on truth or completely contrary to the truth. What's worse, when they are finally exposed to those who have done the work (and are continuing to do it) they refuse to be taught and become argumentative when they are faced with the possibility that they are wrong. This was true, of course, of those folks who refused to believe that Christ was the Son of God. It's very familiar to most of us and very troubling. In an earlier post to someone else you declared (apparently proudly) that you "examine everything from a logical point of view". It's time to be honest and straight forward with you sir. Your logic is hardly academic and poor at best. Sir, you are way out of your league here as you come to argue points that have long been settled as though they are particularly new to yourself as though some new revelation. If you are truly interested in the truth, might I suggest (once again) that you do more study, including reading along here and asking questions when appropriate. You are not ready to teach. You speak of "faulty human wisdom". My friend, consider exactly what that means. Here is an example... "Logically" concluding that there is a contradiction in Scripture. Those claims will absolutely not be tolerated here. I know it may seem outrageous for you to consider but let me suggest it anyway. If you believe something in Scripture contradicts something else in Scripture you can be absolutely sure that it is your understanding of one, the other, or both passages. Great minds (by man’s standards) have given their all to try and prove contradictions in the word of God. They have all failed. It is infallible. Consider, Jeff |